Campfire’s octopus, chorizo, and celery-root entrée.
Gage Forster
Jan 26, 2024
By Morgan Korovec/SanDiegoGulls.com
The San Diego Gulls dominated the ice Friday night at Wells Fargo Arena as they locked in a 6-3 victory over the Iowa Wild in the penultimate game of their series.
The Gulls have now earned points in six of their last seven games (5-1-1-0) and 12 of the last 18 overall (10-6-2).
“We’re just sticking to the game plan,” Gulls forward Nikita Nesterenko said. “We know that the coaches put a good game plan out there. If we play aggressive, take time away from the other team, the wins are going to come. We’re not going to keep losing if we play the way we’ve been playing. Just got to keep rolling here.”
Friday’s game began with palpable energy as both sides came out swinging with Jaxsen Wiebe and Carson Lambos taking center ice for an early scuffle, setting the stage for an intense contest.
At 11:37 in the opening frame, Pavol Regenda kicked off the scoring as he stopped a shot from Tyson Hinds and put the puck into the top shelf to get San Diego on the scoreboard first.
Just 29 seconds later, Regenda notched his second goal in a single shift as he released another shot past Peyton Jones, his pair of goals propelling the Gulls to a two-goal lead. The left wing now leads Gulls skaters with 13 goals this season. Regenda also tallied an assist on the night.
Fired up by Regenda’s rapid-fire scoring spree, Iowa struck as Nic Petan launched the puck straight into the net from the left-wing circle at 15:02 to cut San Diego’s lead in half. Steven Fogarty wasted no time in discovering the game-tying goal as minutes later he netted his eighth of the season.
The middle frame saw both teams pushing to uneven the score, though neither side was able to break through, resulting in a goalless second period.
“I thought we played well through the first,” head coach Matt McIlvane said. “It was kind of two unfortunate bounces that ended up tying it up, and then it became the emotional challenge and can we respond.
“Truth was it took a little bit to get traction all the way through the second period. In the third, we just looked determined and focused from the beginning and like we were ready to go get something done and guys found a way.”
At 5:52 into the final frame, Trevor Carrick unleashed a shot from the left point into traffic before Wiebe gave the puck an extra push for it to creep across the goal line, collecting his third goal of the season to restore the Gulls’ lead.
Continuing to play off that momentum, Andrew Agozzino collected the puck off a rebound, securing San Diego’s fourth goal of the evening at 11:42, his ninth of the season.
The Wild responded at 15:48 as Mason Shaw found the back of the net to cut the Gulls’ lead down by one.
Nesterenko fired back, sending the puck nearly 150 feet down the ice and into the empty net to add to San Diego’s lead. Nesterenko gathered two assists in addition to his goal to match his season-high in points (1-2=3)
“At first, I was looking for [Regenda] because I wanted to get him that third one, but he’s the one that passed it off the wall and they’re kind of collapsing on me, so I just threw it on net hoping it went in and it did,” Nesterenko said.
Minutes later, Nathan Gaucher cashed in on the net, and scored his sixth goal of the season.
Hinds recorded the first multi-point effort of his career, picking up two assists (0-2=2). Trevor Carrick also collected two assists on the evening.
Judd Caulfield, Glenn Gawdin, and Blake McLaughlin each tallied an assist on the night.
Tomas Suchanek was terrific in-net, blocking 24-of-27 shots to earn his fourth straight victory and improve to 8-2-1 on the season.
The Gulls will lace up for a final round with the Wild tomorrow, Saturday Jan. 27 at Wells Fargo Arena to wrap up their season series (4 p.m. PST; TV: AHLTV; RADIO: Gulls Audio Network).
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SANDY, Utah — SANDY, Utah (AP) — Sergi Solans had two goals and an assist, Diego Luna added a goal and two assists, and Real Salt Lake beat San Diego FC 4-2 on Saturday night to extend its unbeaten streak to six games.
Morgan Guilavogui scored his first goal in MLS and had an assist for Real Salt Lake (5-1-1). The 28-year-old designated player has five goal contributions in his first six career games.
RSL hasn’t lost since a 1-0 defeat at Vancouver in the season opener.
San Diego (3-3-2) has lost three in a row and is winless in five straight.
Luna opened the scoring in the fifth minute when he re-directed a misplayed pass by Duran Ferree, San Diego’s 19-year-old goalkeeper, into the net.
Moments later, Solans headed home a perfectly-placed cross played by Luna from outside the right corner of the 18-yard box to the back post to make it 2-0. Solans, a 23-year-old forward, flicked a header from the center of the area inside the right post and past the outstretched arm of Ferree to make it 3-1 in the 37th minute.
Guilavogui slammed home a first-touch shot to give RSL a three-goal lead in the 45th.
Marcus Ingvartsen scored a goal in the 14th minute and Anders Dreyer converted from the penalty spot in the 66th for San Diego.
Ingvartsen has five goals and an assist this season and has 10 goal contributions (seven goals, three assists) in 16 career MLS appearances.
Rafael Cabral had three saves for RSL.
Ferree finished with five saves.
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When John Resnick opened Campfire on a quaint little street in Carlsbad, Calif., in 2016, some locals weren’t sure what to think. The coastal enclave wasn’t exactly awash in innovative, chef-driven establishments, so it was a shock to see the dining room consistently full. Early on, one woman wondered aloud to Resnick, “Where did all these people come from?”
It’s a moment he remembers vividly. “I was struck by her statement, because I think she was surprised that so many other people in Carlsbad were there,” Resnick says.
The rest of the culinary world would take some time to catch up to what was happening. In 2019, when Michelin expanded to rate restaurants throughout all of California—not just the San Francisco area—Addison was the only one in San Diego to earn a star. But since emerging from the pandemic, the region’s food scene has grown dramatically. Driven by outstanding farms, ingredients, a bumper crop of talented chefs, and a G.D.P. approximately the size of New Zealand or Greece, San Diego County has become one of America’s most underrated dining destinations.
Campfire’s octopus, chorizo, and celery-root entrée.
Gage Forster
Perhaps no single restaurant is a better emblem for this shift than chef William Bradley’s Addison, which opened in 2006. After landing his first star, Bradley knew he wanted more. To get them, he transformed his French-leaning fare to serve what he calls California Gastronomy, which combines the cultures of SoCal with impeccable ingredients and wildly impressive techniques, prizing flavor over flair. Michelin responded, awarding Addison a second star in 2022, and making it the first Southern California three-star restaurant just a year later. The accolade has created a halo effect, attracting culinary tourists from around the world.
Berry beet tartlets at San Diego’s three-star stalwart Addison.
Eric Wolfinger
“Earning three stars forces the global dining community to pay attention to a place that may not have been on their radar before,” says chef Eric Bost, a partner in Resnick’s four Carlsbad establishments.
Resnick recruited Bost, who spent time at award-winning outposts of Restaurant Guy Savoy, to run Jeune et Jolie, which he led to a star in 2021. They’ve since taken over an old boogie-board factory down the street and converted it to an all-day restaurant and bakery, Wildland. The space also hosts an exquisite tasting-counter experience called Lilo, which was given a Michelin star mere months after opening in April 2025. And as Resnick and Bost grew their successful Carlsbad operation, chef Roberto Alcocer earned a Michelin star for his Mexican fine-dining spot Valle in nearby Oceanside.
The stylish tasting counter at Michelin one-star Lilo in Carlsbad.
Kimberly Motos
About 25 miles to the south, another affluent coastal community is going through its own culinary glow up. In La Jolla, chef Tara Monsod and the hospitality group Puffer Malarkey Collective opened the stylish French steakhouse Le Coq. Chef Erik Anderson, formerly of Michelin two-star Coi, is preparing to launch Roseacre. And last year, Per Se alums Elijah Arizmendi and Brian Hung left New York to open the elegant tasting-menu restaurant Lucien, lured by the ingredients they’d get to serve. “A major reason we chose San Diego is the quality and diversity of the produce,” Arizmendi explains. “San Diego County has more small farms than anywhere else in the U.S., and its many microclimates allow farmers to grow an incredible range of ingredients year-round.”
Wildland’s spicy Italian sandwich.
Gage Forster
Chef Travis Swikard has also been a tireless advocate for the region’s ingredients since he returned to San Diego, his hometown, and opened Mediterranean-influenced Callie in 2021. There’s no sophomore slump with his latest effort, the French Riviera–inspired Fleurette in La Jolla, where he’s serving his take on classics like leeks vinaigrette and his San Diego “Bouillabaisse” with local red sheepshead fish and spiny lobster. Its food is bright, produce-driven, and attentive in execution, while the dining room maintains a relaxed and unpretentious style of service. And Swikard sees that approach cohering into a regional style with a strong network of professionals behind it.
“It’s really nice that we are developing our own identity, not trying to be like L.A. or any other market, just highlighting what’s great about the San Diego lifestyle and ingredients,” he says. “Similar to New York, a chef community is starting to develop where chefs are supporting each other. There is a true sense of pride to be cooking here.”
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